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Use in varieties of Scots

mirkie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 8 11.2 0 5.8 10.9 0
Number of occurrences2415 7 0 1 1 0
Number of authors11 7 3 1 1

Occurrences of mirkie in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
The flutes brocht mirkie tune, on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
ulmas cutt acorss ae chaft, a mirkie blae-whyt. A mynd him luikin on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
anes skited faurer across the mirkie watter when she flung wi her on page 2
and he had on a grey suit wi mirkie stains aw ower it. His face w on page 22
t nae odds at aw. Even by the mirkie licht o the yin bare lichtbul on page 23
ae be up for comin intae thon mirkie, mauckit room. on page 35
hrough, and Violet saw in the mirkie licht o the muin that the hoo on page 121
Also on pages 124
6 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Weel! It wes on a mirkie muinless nicht. There wes fiv on page 65

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
he sodger sat st alane in his mirkie room, chitterin frae the caul on page 39

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Damiotti. Whan they enter his mirkie chaummer, he is rael gentilma
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ed: “whaur it’s aw bew an mirkie, an ye sei whitlik mote be hu
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
c as daurklins, drumly, glog, mirkie an wanlit rushed oot tae gree
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Is mirkie tae my myn, its kittle speil
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
His dimples richt mirkie, een bricht as a gowan,
1 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
If ye want tae drink yer mirkie stout an get a lairnin experi on page 8

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
o iss wuidin, it's gettin aat mirkie. Wad ye tell me, gin ye pleas on page 49
ethin idder o't: she wes in a mirkie wee choppie, leanin her elbuc on page 69
an she wes back again in the mirkie wee choppie. on page 74
erforms thaim fan he's feelin mirkie. His name is Malkyne." (The w on page 92

5 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
mirkie licht whan it birlt roond an
1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
In ati'aa dir ien, da sam mirkie glaur on page 18

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
e feck o his muckle opus isna mirkie avaa. on page 5

1 matches

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